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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Willesden 1917
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Willesden]
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Table No. 44. —Corresponding to Table III. of appendix G of Annual Report of C hie Medical Officer of Board of Education for 1916.
Numerical Return of all Exceptional Children in the area in 19 17.
| Boys | Girls | Total | |||
| Blind (including partially blind). | Attending Public Elementary Schools | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| Attending Certified Schools for the Blind | 11 | 7 | 18 | ||
| Not at School | 0 | 0 | o | ||
| Deaf and Dumb (including partially deaf). | Attending Public Elementary Schools Attending Certified Schools for the Deaf Not at School | 3 15 1 | 1 7 0 | 4 22 1 | |
| Mentally Deficient. | Feeble Minded. | Attending Public Elementary Schools | 4 | S | 9 |
| Attending Certified Schools for Mentally Defective Children | *53 | 55 | 108 | ||
| Notified to the Local (Control) Authority during the year | 0 | 1 | |||
| Not at School | 3 | 6 | |||
| Imbeciles. | At School | 6 | 2 | 8 | |
| Not at School | 10 | J6 | 16 | ||
| Idiots. | 4 | §4 | 8 | ||
| Epileptics. | Attending Public Elementary Schools | 2 | 3 | ||
| Attending Certified Schools for Epileptics | 6 | 4 | 10 | ||
| Not at School | 2 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Physically Defective. | Pulmonary Tuberculosis. | Attending Public Elementary Schools | So | 45 | 95 |
| Attending Certified Schools for Physically Defective Children | 3 | 3 | 6 | ||
| Not at School | 7 | 9 | 16 | ||
| Other Forms of Tuberculosis. | Attending Public Elementary Schools | 17 | 15 | 32 | |
| Attending Certified Schools for Physically Defective Children | 11 | 12 | 23 | ||
| Not at School | 7 | 5 | 12 | ||
| Cripples Other Than Tubercular. | Attending Public Elementary Schools | 9 | 2 | 11 | |
| Attending Certified Schools for Physically Defective Children | 20 | 19 | 39 | ||
| Not at School | 4 | 3 | 7 | ||
| Physically Defective other than Tubercular and other than Cripples. | Attending Public Elementary Schools | 4 | 1 | ,S | |
| Attending Certified Schools for Physically Defective Children | 6 | 7 | 13 | ||
| Not at School | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||
| **Dull or Backward. | Retarded 1 year | 11 | 5 | 16 | |
| Retarded 2 years | 8 | 2 | 10 | ||
| Retarded 3 years | 0 | 2 | 2 | ||
*Three of these boys are also partially blind and receiving special education for the blind and i boy is
semi-mute.
•(•One of these girls is also suffering from infantile paralysis.
jOne ot these girls is also epileptic.
§One of these girls is also epileptic.
**These fieures refer to children who were examined or re-examined during 1917.